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The theater company’s producing artistic director stars in the nearly one-man show just months after collapsing at home.
How did the Olympic Games set the stage for the world portrayed in Homer's Iliad? What important trend began in the eighth ...
It was the first since the Russia-Ukraine war began. A few hours ago, Kyiv launched a massive drone strike in Siberia, Russia ...
The UK approach was more Achilles than Odysseus — bold, idealistic, and driven by a sense of moral indignation. Instead of backstopping its banks, the British state took large stakes in them. RBS ...
The Iliad is a story of war between Greeks and Trojans, but also of “beefs”. Menelaus versus Paris over the hand of Helen. Achilles versus Agamemnon, the king of the Greeks who wrongs him by ...
The Iliad is a story of war between Greeks and Trojans, but also of “beefs”. Menelaus versus Paris over the hand of Helen. Achilles versus Agamemnon, the king of the Greeks who wrongs him by ...
Agamemnon appeases the god by agreeing to return ... It should be recalled, too, that although the “Iliad” ends before the fall of Troy, Menelaus is said by later Greek sources to have ...
Long before Bing Crosby crooned “I’ll Be Home for Christmas” during World War II, we were entranced by songs of soldiers pining for home. But those earliest songs were rarely so sweet.
So here we stand at the end, the Trojans have pushed back the Acheans. Achilles is nowhere to be seen and Agamemnon tries to find some way to convince him to join the battle. Zeus, tired of the ...
Agamemnon, Achilles, Paris, Odysseus, and fair Helen are all here, and a war is about to begin. Gavin Newsom proposes $2,000 asset eligibility test to control soaring state Medi-Cal costs Melissa ...
Schliemann believed he had found the body of the mythical king Agamemnon, who led the Achaean (Greek) siege of Troy in Homer's "Iliad” (he is also mentioned in Homer's "Odyssey" and features in ...